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This military face mask is one of the most exceptional finds at the Kalkriese battle grounds. As 'The Kalkriese Type' it stands as the prime example for masks with a small face, the eyes are not particularly even, but give good sight. It...

Medieval Azerbaijani helmet related to the period of Eldiguzids, State of Atabegs (12th century). National Museum of Art, Baku, Azerbaijan.

This bronze helmet is decorated with a pattern of dots and crooks ending in bull's heads, which frame the Urartian versions of the Egyptian sun-disc. The pointed shape was designed to deflect arrows. Holes around the edges are for attaching...

Gladiator helmet-shaped dropper flask decorated with "snake thread" trails, found in Cologne, Germany, dated to the 3rd century CE. Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne.

An Etruscan bronze helmet, 5th century BCE. Discovered at Olympia, it was dedicated there and carries an inscription: 'Hieron, son of Deinomenes, and the Syracusans, from Cumae'. Height: 20 cm. (British Museum, London)

A Villanovan bronze helmet, 8th century BCE. Poggio alle Croci necropolis, near Volterra, central Italy. (Museo Guarnacci, Volterra)

A dragoon helmet typical of the English Civil Wars (1642-51) period. From a Scottish Covenanter dragoon, such as would have fought at the Battle of Preston in 1648 during the Second English Civil War (Feb-Aug 1648). (Huntly House Museum...

An iron helmet from the Gaya confederacy (42-532 CE), Korea. 5th-6th century CE. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)

Golden Cavalry Face-Mask Helmet (Type Ribchester), found on the bed of the Corbulo Canal (Fossa Corbulonis) near the Roman fort of Matilo (modern Leiden, Netherlands), dating from 80-125 CE. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)

Pointed helmet made from bronze and iron. 9th to 7th century BCE. From Sam'al/Zincirli, modern-day Southern Turkey. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)